Procurement Specialist, IKEA Components, Category Wood
Publication date:
02 October 2024Workload:
100%Contract type:
Unlimited employment- Place of work:Warsaw
Company description
Want to be a part of giving the IKEA product range that extra shine?
IKEA Components holds a unique position within the IKEA value chain. We develop and supply IKEA with customer friendly component solutions for better products – and better homes. This includes a responsibility for selected components and raw material, which means develop, purchase and supply to IKEA suppliers. Our business is global and based in locations all over the world.
Category Wood has around 200 suppliers delivering the raw wood and variety of different wooden materials for furniture production such as Industrial wood, Veneer, Wood Components, Planks, Glue Board and Plywood.
We are looking for you with a passion for developing our business together with our business and production partners. You enjoy entrepreneurial thinking, and you have a drive and energy in identifying business opportunities of how to grow the business, take away unnecessary costs and decrease purchasing prices by fact-based analysis and negotiations. You are committed to deliver better products to lower prices for the many people and you make it happen by working together and engaging various stakeholders. You are interested in manufacturing and how things can be done differently to achieve a better price.
Job description
In accordance with business plan, Procurement Specialists will establish & develop high performing and diverse supplier base which can meet the needs of our business and customer. In your role you will optimize our value chain that can make better products and service at lower total cost for the many people. Key part of this role is strong teamwork to build strong relationships and collaboration.
Your tasks will include:
- Build competitive environment with high business dynamic
- Constant analysis of wood market to secure competitive offer and trusted supply chain
- Identify and act on new procurement possibilities to secure optimal sourcing set-up
- Coordinate saw logs and pulp wood purchase tactic for IKEA Industry sawmills and board production Units
- Maintain relations with Polish State Forests Regional Directories and Districts to share IKEA strategy and support IKEA Industry Units
- Cooperation and communication with ICOMP Forestry Leader and Raw Material Team to secure one IKEA wood & forestry agenda
- Identify, start-up and close suppliers according to business needs and according to Purchase Manual
- Organize RFQ´s and execute outcomes
- Request and verify compliance requirements
- Secure procurement activities on an operation level with selected suppliers.
Qualification
Your knowledge, skills and experience include:
- Min 3 years’ experience in purchasing,
- A genuine interest in understanding the markets we are working in as well as the reality of production,
- An ability to lead business with a holistic view; always act with the Customer, Supplier, Total IKEA Cost Development in mind,
- A capability to identify and capture business opportunities and deliver results,
- Experience and capability to create trust and effective relations,
- Familiarity with reporting systems and an analytical approach,
- Good analytical skills / excel proficiency,
- Strong negotiation skills,
- Proven ability to work in a multi-project setting which consists of timeline driven tasks, changing priorities and details,
- Strong communication skills and fluent in English (both written and spoken) and Polish,
- A valid driving license (cat. B),
- An advantage will be knowledge about:
- Wood industry and Polish State Forests sales system,
- FSC Chain of Custody Standard,
- IWAY and IWAY Working Methods, especially IWAY Forestry, Section and Working Methods.
More Information
This position can be based in Wielbark or Orla.
For the role, we estimate up to 30% travel time.
For job specific questions please contact Sylwia Jankowska, Business Development Manager in Category Wood.
Sounds interesting?
We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role. We look forward to receiving your Application and Motivation Letter in English at the latest on 20th of September 2024.
Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate.
Contact
IKEA AG